[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Springfield 12-8-1941 by Ord. No. 243; amended in its entirety 5-11-2011 by Ord. No.
909. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]

No person, firm or corporation, being the owner or occupant of premises
situated in Springfield Township, shall permit the growth or accumulation
of weeds, tall grasses or other objectionable vegetation on such premises
or any part thereof to such an extent or in such manner as shall,
in the judgment of the Code Enforcement Officer of said Township,
be prejudicial to the public health.

No person, firm or corporation, being the owner or occupant of premises
situated in Springfield Township, shall permit the growth or accumulation
of weeds, tall grasses or other objectionable vegetation on such premises
or any part thereof to such an extent or in such manner as shall,
in the judgment of the Chief of Police of the Township, endanger the
safety of persons or property or to such an extent or in such manner
as shall, in the judgment of the Fire Marshal of the Township, constitute
a fire hazard.

Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer shall, in his or her discretion,
consider the growth or accumulation of weeds, tall grasses or other
objectionable vegetation on any premises as aforesaid to be prejudicial
to the public health, he or she may declare the same to be a nuisance
and shall notify the owner or occupant of said premises to remedy
such condition within five days from the date of service of such notice.
The service of such notice shall be made upon the owner or occupant
of said premises either by delivering the same to such owner or occupant
personally or by delivering same to and leaving it with any adult
person in charge of said premises or, in case no such person is found
upon said premises, by affixing same in a conspicuous position upon
said premises.

Whenever the Chief of Police or Fire Marshal, shall, in his or her
judgment, consider the growth or accumulation of weeds, tall grasses
or other objectionable vegetation on any premises as aforesaid, as
constituting a fire hazard or endangering the safety of persons and
property, he or she may declare the same to be a nuisance and shall
notify the owner or occupant of said premises to remedy such condition
within five days from the date of service of such notice. The service
of such notice shall be made upon the owner or occupant of said premises
either by delivering same to such owner or occupant personally or
by delivering same to and leaving it with any adult person in charge
of said premises or, in case no such person is found upon said premises,
by affixing same in a conspicuous position upon said premises.

In the event the owner or occupant shall refuse or neglect to
abate such nuisance within a period of five days as required by such
notice, the Code Enforcement Officer, Chief of Police or Fire Marshal,
as the case may be, may direct the removal of such conditions and
may collect all expense of such removal from the owner or occupant
of said premises, such amount to be collectible as municipal claims
are now collected by law.

Any owner, person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be liable to pay a fine or penalty of not more than $1,000 for each
and every offense. A new and separate offense shall be deemed to have
been committed for each day that said violation exists.

All fines and penalties imposed by this chapter are recoverable by
summary proceedings before any District Justice of the Township of
Springfield, and all suits or actions at law instituted for the recovery
thereof are to be in the name and for the use of the Township of Springfield
against which offense is committed, and, upon recovery thereof, all
such fines and penalties are to be paid into the treasury of the Township.